BERKANA - Growth

The Rune Poem - Verse XVIII
Birch is fruitless and bears shoots without seed,
but its branches spread high and beautiful
and are laden with leaves,
filling the sky

 

 

Runic Number:

Letter:

Old English Name:

Meaning:

Element(s):

Zodiac Sign:

Gemstone:

Colour:

18

B

Beorc

Birch, Birth, Growth

Earth

Pisces and Aries

Moonstone

Dark Green


Introduction:

This rune is strongly associated with the birch tree. It also is connected with fertility and birth (or rebirth) and, as such, may be used at the time of childbirth

Interpretation:

Upright.
This rune tells of new beginnings and could apply to any aspect of life. It is a time of fertility, when the seeds that have been planted will burst forth, yielding a bumper harvest. This is also a fertile time for ideas.

Suggests a very positive time for relationships.

Inverted.
This is not a time to start new ventures and current endeavours may go in to decline.

Physical and mental health may suffer, it is a time to look after and care for yourself particularly if you find yourself in a vulnerable or delicate situation.

© Curtiz-Caine DI, 2000
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